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Hinojosa Keeping the Focus on Access

New chair of House higher education subcommittee says the business community needs to partner with colleges.

April 4, 2007

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Microsoft Awards $5 Million Digital Divide Software Grant To National Urban League

National Urban League officials say the $5 million software grant announced by the Microsoft Corp. will focus largely on education and tutoring assistance administered nationally by 102 local affiliates of the nation’s oldest and largest Black organization.

April 4, 2007

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Grants & Gifts

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has awarded $4.5 million in grants to 15 community service projects, including programs at Duke University, the New York University School of Medicine and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Each grant will be available for three years, at up to $100,000 per year. Kansas State University has […]

April 4, 2007

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Grants & Gifts

The American Indian College Fund has received a five-year, $17.5 million grant from the Lilly Endowment to fund the Woksape Oyate initiative. The initiative,  plans to help improve the quality of faculty and students attending tribal colleges while allowing the colleges to tailor their programs to meet their specific needs. Calhoun Community College (Ala.) has […]

March 21, 2007

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Ed. Dept. Official: Pell Grant Increase Will Benefit Minority-Serving Institutions

WASHINGTON A senior Education Department official defended the agency’s 2008 budget for minority-serving institutions yesterday by noting these colleges and universities would be among the main beneficiaries of new efforts to increase Pell Grants and produce more college-ready high school graduates.

March 14, 2007

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Bush Administration Blasted For Lack of Financial Support For Minority-Serving Institutions

Education Secretary Margaret Spellings faced tough questioning yesterday from both Republicans and Democrats on her department’s 2008 budget, as many lawmakers said they no longer would tolerate freezes in funding for minority-serving institutions and other post-secondary programs.

March 11, 2007

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Congressional Higher Ed Committee Tackles College Access, Affordability

WASHINGTON More support for Pell Grants and minority-serving colleges are two of the best strategies to expand access to postsecondary education, witnesses told the U.S. House of Representatives’ higher education subcommittee yesterday at the panel’s first hearing of the 110th Congress.

March 8, 2007

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Tribal Colleges Fight To Retain Federal Funding

It may not receive the attention of Pell Grants or other financial aid issues…

March 7, 2007

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Providing $100K Grants to Seven Black Colleges, Tom Joyner Foundation Encourages the Recruitment, Retention of Minority Teachers

Recruiting, training and maintaining quality teachers is a national challenge…

March 7, 2007

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Cost of Living, Not Tuition, Makes Community College Unaffordable, Says Report

Community college students in California cannot afford to attend college in spite of the low fees of the California Community College System, according to a new report released today by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education.

March 5, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Clark Atlanta Fight Over Engineering Program Headed to Court

Clark Atlanta University Professor Lebone Mobeti settled in for what he figured would be a long term as chairman of the school’s engineering department when he took over the post in 2004. Instead, a year later he found out school officials were disbanding the department. Now a court will decide if the HBCU should continue offering engineering programs.

March 4, 2007

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Hed: Bringing a Unique Perspective

The University of New Mexico is building a multimillion-dollar health policy center to increase American Indian and Hispanic scholars’ involvement in national health policy research and development.

February 27, 2007